Portal:Anniversaries/May 5
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- 1878 — German entrepreneur Gerhard D. Wempe opens a watch shop, beginning the construction of the company that would become Wempe.
- 1976 — Workers for Lip in Besançon begin their second occupation of the factory.
- 2015 — Ernest Frédéric Schneider, who purchased Breitling in 1979 and lead the company to its modern success, dies.